#fyi i hum the alphabet every time i gotta respond to the asks for all the ros

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I love this so far! It's been getting me curious thinking about the characters, and I have to wonder: If they were alone with a romanced MC, and the MC began to break down crying over something (be it stress or expectations or so on), how would they respond?

Thank you!

Poor MC I say as if it isn't my fault. Here is how, in general:

Arthur: crouches in front of them, voice lowering to a coarse whisper, and is just there while they let it out. Rubs comforting circles on their knees.

Darla: fussy, she wants to know what is happening, why, how. A bit like a pup that is prancing around. Seeing that pestering the MC doesn't work, her feelings are a mush of panic and anger on their behalf. She stays by them, but she'll be more useful in helping them come down (or up) from the breakdown.

Gale: something very much like this, he'd step up.

Ianthe: she'd probably, despite herself, quietly cry with them, for them. She is a presence by their side, a shoulder to lean on if they need it.

Jax: guilt stuns them into a stupor, so many things that will happen to the MC are of their design, directly or not. Watching the person they love fall apart in front of them is a punishment in and of itself, so they feel like they owe the MC both the space to let out their emotions and to bear the pain of watching them do it.

Yves/Yvette: drawls a sorrowful "Oh, sweetest..." and cups their chin, lifting it until their eyes lock. "What dares make you so upset?"